Underground Structures Expert

Overview

Job Description

Underground Structures Expert

What You'Ll Be Doing

• Management of the design and construction of complex underground structures including tunnels (TBM, NATM/SEM), cut-and-cover sections, shafts, portals, and underground boxes ensuring they are safe, structurally sound, compliant with regulations, and delivered within budget and schedule.
• Oversee the review of complex structural and geo-structural design tasks for tunnels and underground structures and deliver engineering work efficiently and accurately.
• Validate geotechnical and structural design basis, load cases, and numerical analyses to ensure compliance with client standards and relevant codes.
• Oversee ground–structure interaction, support of excavation, waterproofing, and drainage design to control settlement, water ingress, and long-term durability.
• Review and provide expert input on construction methods, sequences, and temporary works for underground excavation, support, and lining installation.
• Lead risk identification and mitigation for underground works, including geotechnical risks, groundwater, stability, and interaction with existing assets.
• Support site teams during construction by reviewing shop drawings, method statements, monitoring data, NCRs/RFIs, and advising on design changes.
• Coordinate with track, railway systems, structures, utilities, and Fire & Life Safety disciplines to manage technical interfaces for underground assets.
• Review and oversee technical reports, design review comments, and recommendations to project management and external stakeholders.
• Provide expert advice to client on impact of design and construction solutions in relation to underground structures.
• Peer review of complex 2D and 3D structural and geotechnical analyses, design calculations and engineering reports.
• Peer review of engineering drawings and sketches using Microstation and AutoCAD in collaboration with drafters/designers/contractors.
• Establish Design Basis, technical specifications/philosophies, work scope/tender documents/narratives.
• Evaluate supplier/subcontractor technical bids for compliance to Client specifications and scopes of work.
• Review of vendor drawings/other discipline drawings for adequacy of Civil design input requirements.
• Optimize design solutions to meet budget constraints without compromising quality and safety.
• Commitment to quality and continuous improvement through innovation, creative thinking and improved results.
• Establish and maintain cooperative and productive relationships with all employees, clients and other stakeholders.
• Coordination with other disciplines, including geotechnical, structural, track, rail systems and others.
• Review of construction submittals

What Minimum Required Skills You'Ll Bring

• Batchelor’s degree and/or have Chartered Engineer Status, with not less than 15 years’ experience in design and construction of underground structures with a minimum of 10 years in the management of design and/or construction of major rail projects, preferably HSR.
• Strong knowledge and practical application of international design codes and standards for underground works (EC2, EC7, EC8, ACI, BS or equivalent).
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary rail civils packages and interfaces.
• Proven construction management experience.
• Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills. Capacity to translate complex technical subjects into clear terms for non-technical leadership and ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary project teams and build strong professional relationships.
• Effective and written skills for client presentations, technical reporting, and internal / external correspondence; ability to effectively present information to key stakeholders as oral required by the client.
• Proven ability to function in a multi-organizational environment by developing relationships that comply with the client’s proactive, collaborative culture.
• Ability to thrive in an intense yet rewarding work culture.
• Self-motivated and capable of managing tasks independently while taking direction as needed.
• Quick learner who is people-oriented and a proactive problem solver.
• Demonstrated ability to tackle challenges with a "go-getter" mindset.

What Desired Skills You'Ll Bring

• Proven experience on High-Speed Rail projects is highly desirable.
• GCC/UAE Experience
• Proficiency with advanced analysis software for underground works such as PLAXIS, MIDAS, FLAC, ABAQUS or similar, plus common structural design tools.
• Experience developing and managing geotechnical risk registers, monitoring plans, and Trigger Action Response Plans (TARP) on large tunnelling projects.
• Efficient in modeling and designing underground structural systems using 2D and 3D finite element analyses (Plaxis, STAAD.Pro, SAP2000, and/or similar programs).
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